ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,796, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to EKPO Fuel Cell Technologies GmbH (Dettingen, Germany).
"Bipolar plate, method of production, and use thereof" was invented by Alexander Hoeflich (Reutlingen, Germany), Michael Goetz (Dettingen, Germany) and Alexander Groeh (Tuebingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a bipolar plate for a low-temperature fuel cell, in particular for a polymer electrolyte fuel cell, including a metal substrate with a coating on a surface of the substrate, the coating including an organic polymer and an electroconductive filler. The organic polymer is formed by chemical reac...